Pete Myers (18 April 1939 – 5 December 1998) was an international broadcaster with the BBC World Service and Radio Netherlands Worldwide.
He was constrained on his Radio 1 show by the station's restrictive playlist and policies, denying him the on air freedom he had on the World Service.
[1] He also began presenting a weekend programme on BBC Africa, PM, named after his initials, where he would interview celebrities such as Shirley Bassey, Carol Channing, David Lean, Stephen Sondheim, Ingrid Bergman, and Sophia Loren.
[1] He left the BBC in 1974, after 11 years, and moved to Beirut, Lebanon, where he opened a nightclub called the Crazy Horse Saloon, only to close it down a few weeks later when the Lebanese Civil War broke out.
[3][1] He moved to Turkey, where he attempted to start another nightclub, before returning to broadcasting in 1976 when he joined Radio Netherlands, where he produced and presented English-language documentaries, features, and other programming aimed at Africa and Asia, as well as for the English section generally, presenting and producing programmes such as Afroscene, Mainstream Asia, Asiascan, Rembrandt Express, and 50+.